Italo-etiopi (Italian) | |
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 Italian soldiers leaving for Ethiopia in 1935 | |
| Total population | |
| 1,400 (plus 2,000 descendants) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Addis Ababa, Gondar, Harar. | |
| Languages | |
| Italian, Amharic | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, mostly Roman Catholic, minority of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Italians, Italian Algerians, Italian Angolans, Italian Egyptians, Italian Eritreans, Italian Libyans, Italian Moroccans, Italian Mozambicans, Italian Somalis, Italian South Africans, Italian Tunisians, Italian Zimbabweans |
Italians of Ethiopia (Italian: Italo-etiopi, also called Italian Ethiopians) are Ethiopian-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Ethiopia starting in the 19th century during the Italian diaspora, or Italian-born people in Ethiopia.
Most of the Italians moved to Ethiopia after the Italian conquest of Abyssinia in 1936. Italian Ethiopia was made of Harrar, Galla-Sidamo, Amhara and Scioa Governorates in summer 1936 and became a part of the Italian colony Italian East Africa, with capital Addis Ababa.[1] and with Victor Emmanuel III proclaiming himself Emperor of Ethiopia.